Dengue and Chikungunya infections have caused large outbreaks globally and millions of people have been affected worldwide. They are transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus and can cause potentially severe acute illnesses and or debilitating chronic disease. Coinfection...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29813
Objective: Variability in resistance to infections is a well-known phenomenon that has been ascribed to genetic and immunologic factors. The present study was conducted to identify the mRNA expression pattern for some cytokines in two groups of mice from different genotypes. Met...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29371
Kenneth Ikenna Onyedibe, Michael O. Iroezindu, Emmanuel Tumininu Obishakin, Mark Okolo Ojogba, Emmanuel Olushola Shobowale, Ita Okokon Ita, Ubong Aniefiok Udoh, Samson Ejiji Isa & Daniel Z. Egah·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2016
Background: Human malaria was always believed to be caused by any of four species of Plasmodium namely; Plasmodium vivax, P. falciparum, P. ovale and P. malariae. However, a few years ago, it was observed that Plasmodium knowlesi could naturally infect humans especially in South...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29180
Moussiliou Noël Paraïso, Victoire Agueh, Charles Sossa Jerome, Colette Azandjeme, Kokou Pascal Agbehonou, Virginie Mongbo Ade & Michel Makoutode·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2016
Aims: To assess the performance of out-patient acute malnutrition management in children under 5 years. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Northern Benin, health district of Djougou-Ouake-Copargo, from 1st to 30th June, 2014. Methodology: Fifteen fu...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/27752
Community engagement and participation have played a critical role in successful disease control and elimination campaigns in many countries. Although malaria is endemic in many parts of the country, the knowledge, attitude and practice of the community about the disease preventi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/28518
Background: The present study was carried out to establish data on the effects of childhood malaria on plasma levels of some haematological and biochemical parameters in the pathology of malaria in Anambra state children. Methods: The concentrations of sodium ion (Na+), bilirub...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/26619
Background: According to the Convention of the Right of a Child, every infants and child has the right to good nutrition. In delivery of good nutrition to the child, it is however important to encourage a child to eat in a responsive-feeding (RF) rather than forced-feeding (FF) m...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/19826
Nigeria has the largest number of people living with diabetes mellitus in Africa and through a period of ten years, there was an over 50% increase in morbidity rates. There is also a twin burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases in Nigeria which influences the poor li...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/28781
Background: It was noted since in the 1920s that Black Africans had some intrinsic resistance to infection with malaria. Duffy negative status is suggested to play a role in resistance to malaria infection and has been reported with higher frequencies in countries where there is...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/29050
Aims: The overall objective of the study is to evaluate women and providers’ perception, attitude and satisfaction with antenatal care in Ondo State using the new Focused Antenatal care (FANC) model as this information will improve quality of ANC provided for women in Ondo state....
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/27673
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) of Nigeria was established over a decade ago with the aim of achieving universal health coverage within ten years of inception. Currently the population coverage is less than 10%. Beneficiaries are primarily the formal sector employees....
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/27680
Visceral larva migrans (VLM) is a worldwide neglected disease, prevalent among children from socio-economically disadvantaged populations in temperate and tropical regions. Infections may go undiagnosed as the required diagnostic tests; serological, molecular and/or imaging exami...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/28780
Dengue virus, a positive sense RNA virus, involve in spreading dengue infection worldwide, consists of four related but genetically different serotypes. The present study depicts the outbreak and prevalence of dengue infection in different parts of Pakistan from 1982 to 2013. In...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/13961
Aims: To determine the relationship between maternal hypothyroidism and preterm birth, neonatal low birth weight and neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/27963
Aims: Conventional routine water analysis does not search for free-living amoebae (FLA) and Amoebae-Resisting Bacteria (ARB) in spite of their morbid impact on human health especially towards patients in health care services. In Egypt, very limited data are available in FLA, exis...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/28815